The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-28
THE BUSINESS VIEW OF 1T.

Regarded from a business point of view,
the coming city election will be one of greata
importance. The interests and issues in
volved are such as should arrest the attention
of business men and of every person who has
the welfare of the city at heart. It may affect
the prosperity of the city for years to come,
benefcially otherwise, according to the re-
suit. 1t rarely happens in the history of any
| city, and has never happened before in this,
that its moral and material interests, its repu-
tation, good name, credit and business pros
| poets were so deeply involved in a local cleo
ton those of this city are in the election to
| be held Oct. IL. Look at it. For good
while past all the signs in business circles,
| general and local, have pointed to a revival of
trade in Indianapolis. The natural advan-
tages of the city and the general conditions of
| trade alike justify this expectation. Reports
and statistics from manufacturing and other
| industries fully bear it out. The industrial
notes published in the Journal from time to
time and the regular reports of railroad traffic
| confirm it in the strongest manner The in
creasing frmness and activity of the real
| estate market foreshadows better times To
these Indications all pointing one way, must
be added the certainty of our hav-
ing natural gas in the fut-
| ure, on terms that will undoubtedly
| place this among the most favored cities in
| respect of cheap fuel. This feature in the
| future prospects of the city can be reckoned
yuit aiDtx1 re-
| facilities any other factor in the case. All
| these conditions unite in making bright
future for the city. if they are rightly im-
proved and utilized. The time is ripe for
| doing this Manufacturers and capitalists
are looking in this direction. Barring the
| possibility of untoward events in the next few
months, the probability is that next spring
| will open with genuine boom for Indianapo-
| lis, and that the next few years will be the
most prosperous it has ever known.
Against this bright picture must be set
| dark one. This assuring promise of prosperi-
| ty may be defeated by the result Of the city
| election. and the very conditions of prosperity
| for which we have been waiting and working
may be turned into disaster. The triumph of
| the Sim Coy gang and the establishment in
| power of the lawless and criminal classes
| would set the city back for years There is
| not man in the city with intelligence
| enough to reason from cause to effect who
| does not know this to be true. We repeat,
| that the triumph of the Sim Coy gang and
| the lawess elements and methods that they
| represent in this campaign, would not only
| interfere with the realization of the bright
| prospects that are now dawning on the city,
| but would be positive disaster from which
| it would take many years to recover The
| Journal does not say this simply because it is
| Republican paper and the Coy gang is COM
| posed Of Democrats. If there were an
| Independent Democratic ticket in the field
| composed of honest Democrats opposed to the
| Coy gang, the Journal would cheerfully sup
! port such ticket, and advise all Republicans
| to do so' if such course offered the only
| and best available means of defeating the
gang. The question is not one of party poll
| tics in any proper sense; it is question of
good government. of honest politics, of pre-
serving the good name, and fame, and credit
of the city, and saving it from political pros
| titution. It is question of honest, decent,
| law-abiding citizens against the enemies of
law and order. It is a question whether a
| combination of law-breakers and criminal
classes led by tally-sheet forgers and uncon-
| victed criminals, shall be permitted to capture
and control the city govenment, dispense it's
| patronage, levy and collect taxes, disburse
| revenue, and make every interest of the city
| subservient to their own. This is the question
| that business men must face and decide, and
| it is question of great importance in its
| bearing on the welfare Of the city.